Saleh Bader Al Yazidi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Saleh Badr Abdulrab Al Yazidi | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Lower Yafa, Yemen | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Wigner | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Khor ( on from loan Al Sadd ) | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2008 | Al Muaither | ||
| 2008–2010 | Aspire Academy | ||
| 2009–2011 | Al Sadd | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010– | Al Sadd | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Umm Salal (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2016- | → Al-Khor (loan) | ||
| National team | |||
| 2011– | Qatar U-20 | 9 | (6) |
| 2012– | Qatar U-23 | 4 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Saleh Badr Al Yazidi (Arabic: صالح بدر اليزيدي; born February 10, 1993) is a Qatari football player who currently plays for Al-Khor on loan from Al Sadd as a midfielder. He also plays for Qatar's Olympic and U-20 teams. His family is descended from the sheikhdom ruled by the Yazidi tribe in Lower Yafa, a historic state in what was then known as the British Aden Protectorate (present-day Yemen). He played football for a team in Yemen in his youth years, and was later a student at the acclaimed Aspire Academy in Qatar. He gained Qatari citizenship in July 2011.[1] His family still lives in Yafa.
Club career
Yazidi previously played for Al Muaither's youth teams.[2] He later joined Aspire Academy, before becoming a part of Al Sadd's youth team, where he won the top scorer title for the U-19 league with 14 goals in 2011. He graduated from Aspire Academy in 2010.[3]
He made his first-team debut for Al Sadd in 2010.
International career
U-20 team
Yazidi made his debut for the national youth team on August, 2011, against Japan.[4] He featured in the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification campaign for the Qatar under–20 team. He scored 3 goals in the 5 matches Qatar played, including a brace against Bahrain. Qatar finished at the top of their group, ending the qualification with a loss against Tajikistan.
Yazidi also played one game in the 10th International Friendship Youth Tournament, which Qatar came runners-up in, scoring a goal.
He participated in the ASPIRE U–19 tournament in which Qatar won. He played all 3 games and scored a brace against Tunisia.[5]
U-23 team
Yazidi made his U–23 debut in the 2012 Summer Olympic Qualifiers. His first appearance was on 5 February 2012 against Oman, in a dramatic match which ended 2–2.[6] Shortly after, he featured in a match against Saudi Arabia, which Qatar won 2–1, thanks to an assist Yazidi provided to Hassan Al Haidos two minutes before half-time.[7]
In the qualifying campaign for the 2014 AFC U-22 Asian Cup, he participated in a warm-up game against the UAE. He also came on as a substitute in their first group stage game against Maldives in the 60th minute, scoring a goal 17 minutes later in the 77th minute in order to give Qatar 2–0 win.[8]
Honours
- Qatar Youth League Top Scorer
- 2011
Personal
He is a distant relative of Mohammed Al Yazidi, who is also an Al Sadd player.[1][9]
References
- 1 2 akhbaralyom.net - لاعب يمني في صفوف المنتخب القطري (Arabic)
- ↑ "Young Badr impresses Amouta". Doha Stadium Plus. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ↑ ASPIRE - Where Aspire Graduates Are
- ↑ المنتخب القطري للشباب يلتقي نظيره الياباني ودياً (Arabic)
- ↑ Qatar win Aspire U-19 Cup
- ↑ AFC - Match Summary - Qatar vs Oman
- ↑ AFC - Match Summary - Qatar vs Saudi Arabia
- ↑ "Match Summary". AFC. 23 June 2012.
- ↑ لاعبون من اصل يمني (Arabic)